Who is Dezi Freeman? Porepunkah shooting suspect called police ‘terrorist thugs’ and tried to arrest a magistrate, court records reveal

<p>Victoria police say alleged shooter remains on the run and armed after two officers killed and a third injured</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/27/porepunkah-shooting-live-updates-victoria-police-manhunt-latest-news-ntwnfb">Victoria police shooting live updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/26/victoria-police-shooting-what-we-know-so-far-ntwnfb">What we know so far about the shooting in rural Australia</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Dezi Freeman, the man suspected of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/26/police-attending-active-incident-at-rural-property-in-victoria-and-ask-people-to-avoid-the-area">shooting and killing two police officers</a> and injuring a third at a rural Victorian property, has previously called police “terrorist thugs” and has a history of association with pseudolaw and “sovereign citizen” ideas.</p><p>The Victorian police commissioner, Mike Bush, said the suspect was believed to be “heavily armed”. The suspect was still at large on Wednesday morning.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/27/porepunkah-shooting-suspect-dezi-freeman-victoria-police-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>